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W. A. DORSEY.

CAR MOVING IOOL.

APPLICATIDN FILED DEC. 3. :sn.

1 ,31 1 ,803 Patented July 29, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET witness W. A. DORSEY.

GAR MOVING TOOL.

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0 4 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- 23 1. .5. LEE; 4.. Ty 5. If 51 2| rwen for. 9/M'attains Till COLUMIIA WRAP" no WASHING'NIN, D C' UNITED sTA nsrATEN-TQFFIGE WALTER A. DORSEY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNQR TO THE BONNEY FLOYDCOMPANY. OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CAR-MOVING TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29. 1919.

Application filed Defifirllllte; 3, 1917. Serial No. 295,190.

'1 '0 (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Warner A. Dorsey, a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of 'Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and. useful Improvements in Car-'Moving Tools. ofwhich the follo rinii is a specifiea tion, reference being had thereinto the ac mlnpanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in tools for manually moving carson tracks. the tools being adapted to apply leverage to the peripheriesof the wheels while being fulrrunied on the track rail.

Each of these tools, as commonly made, is provided with a fulcrumdeirice comprising one or two small pieces of netal',e: rch piece beinghardened and having one or more edges which are relatively sharpened sothat it, can, under weight and pressure, obtain a firm surface bite a anthe toij'of a rail and be capable of withstanding the great tendency atthe edge to become dulled, marred and broken.

The length of time during which one of these tools is really availableis governed by the period during whim the hardened fulcrum pieces areavailable for theirwork. In. some cases these fulcrum elements have.been each Iorn ed of two similar pieces of steel, each piece being anelongated quadrangular prism; that is to say, it has four elongatedreetangula'r side faces and square ends and is squere in cross section;'Tl e tools are used at points distant, frot shops and sometimes must heii'sed constaiitly'tfor ng pe e An he imei n nt he"? been heretoforeniatle, they becoine ns eless at an early moment becanse fnlcrnin Pie eve Q i-i as re amped being adjusted to tn'rop'r thi'ee n w oos'itionsbefore they are worn out, rapidly Become marred or dulled so asto'slipneon One of the objects of my iilVflntioh is t provide a tool of this clsswit h 'a systern of fulcrum pieces bywhibhits periodof use can begreatly extended. 1

In the drawings v Figure 1 is a side view of a car-moving tool embodyingmy ii proyen nts; Fig.2 is a side View shog r ng the pos tions assumedby the parts of the tool after the car wheel has begun to be moved;

Fig. 3' is a view partly in side elevation and 'partly in sectionol thehandle socket part of the device".

4' is a top View of the socket.

Fig. 5 is a side View of the pinch har ele ment, one of the arms 9 beingbroken away to Show the inner fare of the other arm Fig. (i is a {up\'lt\\ of the same Fig, 7 is a \erllral vrnss l'r'tlml, lmwiug a part ofa rail and also the pinch bat iahea on the plane of the 'l'iilcrai Fig.8 is a perspective of one of the fut erllm blocks detached.

The tool, as an entirety, comprises three mai fiparts, A, E and C. Thoseat A and B together constitute the main lever, and (L tli' pinch bar.The part B is formed of metehanfi is cast with a socket part 1, acentral hirwe section 2, and a forwardly i t t? i I projecting s ort armor operative element 3 "having a wide top flange 4, an end flange 5,

and a web 6, to ether with stop legs at 7.

Thefhandle is firmly inserted in the socket part 1 of the element 13.

The pinch bar element C is a lever formed with the Wheel-engagingforward portion 8 and the two parallel arms U extendinghark wardthereflgeirn these being spaced as slnn'vn at, 10 (FigIfi) to 'ermittheforward arm 3 (if the element B to lie Between them and ve verticallyrelatively thereto. The 'front part Sis forinedwith a too 11 for directenga en ent with the periphery of the Wheel and else with two strongdownwardly extending spurs 0r lugs 12 which thetoolalong the top of. therail when i s pus d forward or drawn backward, aQtQn'tafiCflTly holdingit in place thereon. The elements BandC are hinged together b3 the er; spivot. 13 which passes through the lar'entlsof the arms 9 and throughthe central part 2 ofthe ele nent B.

side of the toe portion 8 there is feline, a socket lyv'l i ich extendshorizon tally inward; the two sockets 'bcing separated by well 15 interail withthe toe. Each socliet has two wailv s16 and 17 which are equalin width, and two walls 18 and 19 sh right angles t0 each other butnarrower than the walls 16, 17, the planes of those at 18 and 11)intersecting the plane of the botlom'sur-face 20 of the said forwardportion 8 of the pinch bar. Consequently, there are two slots 21 throughthis bottom surface, one at the lower edge of each socket H. l), 1*),indicate the fulcrum devices. They are formed of hardened steel and eachis as nearly an exact cube as it can be practically made. The crosssection of each of the Sockets 14 is the same as the cross section ofone of the cubes except for slight clear ance to permit the cubes to beinserted or withdrawn; and in depth, horizontally, the socket is of adimension twice as great, so that two of the cubes can be snuglyinserted into each socket. The cross dimension of the toe part 8 issufficiently greater than the cross dimension f the rail, as shown inFig. 7, to always have at least one of the cubes on the right and one onthe left en gaging with the rail surface, the preferred working positionof the tool being indicated in that figure.

The cubes are held in place by washers 2; fitted against the side facesof the toe 8 and a bolt 23 with its head on one side and a nut 24 on theother.

I have found that when properly constructed the edge of a single cube,when arranged as shown, can carry the load in serving as a fulcrum. If,when two edges are at Work, one of them should become crushed or dulled,the other one will continue for an average normal period of work. And byhaving the fulcrum pieces in the shape of perfect cubes the fulcrumdevices, as an entirety, provide for continuing in operation at pointsdistant from the shop during a period which is forty-eight times as longas the period of life of any one edge. The cube can be so positioned inrelation to the socket that it can be adjusted around not one axis butthree axes. And there are four possible adjustments for operation aroundeach of the axes; or a total of twelve all together. In other words, acube fulcrum block can be taken out by releasing the bolt and washersand can be turned to have either of twelve operative edges brought intouse.

The sockets for these cubes are on transverse lines close to those ofthe side guides or lugs 12 so that the tool can be turned around thefulcrum axis as far as necessary without disengaging the lugs from therails.

The solid central flange or wall 15 between the sockets 14 and integralwith the metal behind the sockets and with the forward part 8 overcomesthe liability heretofore met with of havin the rear parts of the metalbehind the soc rets so weak as to readily break when powerful strainsare exerted.

The mode of operating the tool, and the course to be followed inadjusting its parts,

will be readily understood by those acquainted with such matters. \Vheua car is to be moved, the tool is thrust into the angle between theperiphery of the car wheel D and the rail F and brought to the positionshown in Fig. 1. The operator then bears downward upon the handle part Aand the parts are so proportioned that both the main lever element A,ll, and the pinch lever (l engage with the wheel periphery and swing 5upward therewith at their front ends, the movement of the entire tooloccurring around the bite line of the cube blocks E as an axis, and thesupplemental. movement of the main lever A, B, occurring around the axisof the hinge at 13. If, after a period of use, it is observed thateither one of the fulcrum cubes has become marred or broken at its biteedge, the washers are loosened and this cube is withdrawn from thesocket. If 35 there are still operative edges parallel to the one thathas been nun-red, the cube is turned around the axis parallel to saidedge until a new edge is in. position to project through the slot 21.,and then the blocks are clamped again in position. If, on withdrawal ofa cube, it is found that no one of its edges parallel to the last onemarred or worn is capable of further use, the cube is turned around tobring one of its other axes in alinement with the socket and is adjustedto have a fresh new operative edge project through the slot, and theparts are again clamped rigidly in position.

What I claim is:

1. In a car-moving tool, the combination with the main lever, of thepinch bar hinged thereto and having the solid forward end part 8 formedwith a transverse socket which is approximately square in cross sectionand with a slot through the lower surface communicating with the saidsocket, and a series of hardened curbica-l fulcrum blocks each adaptedto be inserted along either of three axes into the said socket and to befitted tightly therein in either of four positions relatively to each ofsaid axes, and means for locking the said fulcrum cubes in the socketsubstantially as set forth. a

In a car-moving tool, the combination with the main lever, of the pinchbar hinged thereto and having the solid forward end part 8 formed withtwo horizontally opposite transverse sockets and an inte ral verticalwall between them, each socket being approximate-1y square in crosssection and the part 8 having a slot in its lower surface comn'mnicatinwith each socket, and two series of harcl ened cubical fulcrum blocks,those of each series being positioned in one of the said sockets andeach being adapted to befitted in a socket to expose through the sloteither of twelve equal operative edges substantially as set forth.

In a. car moving lever, the combination of means for engaging a carwheel, a pinch bar pivotally connected with said engaging means forapplying pressure on the wheel and on the track, a removable andadjustable fulcrum element seated in a socket in the pinch bar andhaving one of its edges projecting below the face of the pinch bar, andmeans for holding the fulcrum element in its ,socket, said fulcrumelement being cubical and adapted, by adjustment as described, to 10present any of the twelve edges for engagement with the tmck.

In testimony thereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WALTER A. DORSEY. Witnesses:

HARRY S. PARBON, HARRY E. WEST.

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